Steven Sinofsky: Windows division head leaves Microsoft This is worrisome. The man responsible for Windows 8 and the paradigm change that is Surface is leaving Microsoft. Sinolfsky payed the Stevc Jobs role as he demonstrated Microsoft’s Surface tablet at an event in Los Angeles this yea[...]
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May 1st, 2012 - 10:43 am § in The Ave Scene
Apple CEO spotted in North Korea and Washington State.
Based, in part on reports from CNET on CRAVE Tim Cook reportedly visited PyongYang the same week that the regime of Kim Jung Un failed to launch the rocket named “Pointer One.” This photograph taken down after the failure seems to show Mr. Cook standing behind the Dear Leader as th[...]
October 9th, 2011 - 9:07 am § in America, The Ave Scene
Waiting for Steve (Balmer)
The Coming Battle (based on a piece in the Huff Post) A new survey by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), in both China and America, showed that Windows easily outpaced iOS, MIcrosoft has a great opportunity, its own fanbase! John Rose, one of the lead authors of the report, told HuffPost tha[...]
October 9th, 2011 - 8:07 am § in The Ave Scene
Amazon Seems to Think Its “A” Stands for Apple
This reads a LOT like WWJD … that is what would Jobs do? I have been thinking about getting a Fire but with Sprint starting to support the iPad and offering 4G on the Motorola Zoom (now a product of Google), it seems to me that either of those is a better choice even if […][...]
October 7th, 2011 - 9:11 am § in Misc.
Apple on Fire: At $199 this thing is going to sell!
UPDATE: More details on what Applesauce can and can not do, Seattle Times. Bottom line. Amazon’s Fire is directed squarely at media. For $200 it replaces any need for another device to read books, read pdfs, watch TV, or play games. Apple is in trouble. There are also hidden design elements [...]
September 4th, 2011 - 4:30 am § in The Ave Scene
Amazon May Make Apple Sauce
Apple sauce anyone? After months of rumors, Amazon finally released some details of an approximate release time and pricing for its version of an Android pad. . Not one but two tablets. The first of these upcoming tablets will be 7-inch, with a dual core processor running the android opera[...]
History: Excel
Without fanfare, 2010 marked the 25th anniversary of Microsoft Excel. Thomas E. Weber tracks down the program’s developer and discovers how it almost didn’t make it into stores—and the big idea Bill Gates lost forever. read more[...]
What Mitt and His Ilk Do with $250,000,000
Qatar Purchases Cézanne’s The Card Players for More Than $250 Million, Highest Price Ever for a Work of Art Mitt Purchases and Election for $100,000,000, Highest Price Ever Paid to Buy An Election. The tiny, oil-rich nation joins a massively exclusive club: only five Card Players exist, and the o[...]